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DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, I9I8.

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1 itates residing at Chi cage, in the county look an State or" Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements Dump-Cars, of which the following is icationi This inY nion relates to freight cars of nonly lznown hopper cars, l very la ely for the trans- 7 r e dump-able material, objects the improvement with being i, ably VJitn 1a.. acts, which l1e= inafter l he ed out, the inven'ion ,E combin ons and details de in the follow: specification and 2-5 he in ention is illns' companying sheets of d1;

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door opening provided in the cross hop ers. While longitudinal hoppers also have con provided in carsof this type for discharging the load at the sides in a manner to make the unloading easier, attempts to apply this principle to the car have resulted in a greatly decreased load carrying capacity.

By my present invention 1 overcome the diniculties heretofore experienced in this type of car, making it possible to carry in the car of the same length a greatly increased load, and at the same time making it possible to discharge the load at a greatly reduced expenditure of time and labor.

The body 10 of this dump car, which is c I carried upon trucks including wheels 11 at each end of car, comprises sides 12, ends 13, and door 1%.

ice door over the trucks consists of downwardly and outwardly sloping statlonary portions 18 extending from a point adjacent and over the center sill 20 toward the sides the car. The floor intermediate the trucks, includes pivotally mounted doors 21., which extend downwardly and inwardly with respect to the sides 12 of the car to a point adjacent and under the center sill 20, said doors meeting along the longitudinal center of the car. These doors 21 are pivoted their upper ends adjacent the lower ends oi shedding members 22, which extend between the sides proper of the car and the doors 21. In order that the car may be self clearing in unloading, l have shown in the present embodiment of my invention the stationary floor sections 18 over the trucks extending upwardly to a point over the cen ter sill, so as to form an A-shaped apex 15 continuation of the floor sections. The upper and lower floor sections at the ends and intermediate point of the car respective y, may be connected by floor members 17 sloping downwardly toward the center of the car. Suitable means. may be provided for closing the space between the outer edges or" the sloping floor sections 18 over the trucks and the sides 12 of-the car, through which space the load over the trucks is dumped. In the present embodiment of my invention l have shown side dump doors 19, which are pivotally connected at the lower edges of the sides 12, and extend downweirdly and inwardly with respect to the center of the car to meet the outer edges of the i l-shaped floor portions 18. Any suit able operating mechanism may be provided 5E] insane? for operating the dump doors 19. Likewise, any suitable operating mechanism may be employed for operating the dump doors 21; for instance, the operating mechanism shown in the Seaberg Patent No. 1.04.4265, granted November 12, 1912.

By thus providing a car having stationary floor portions over the trucks, and with the downwardly and inwardly extending floor portion intermediate the trucks, including dump doors, I am enabled to provide a hopper car, the carrying capacity of which is greatly increased for any given length, width and height, at the same time making the car self cleaning, owing to the arrangement of the inclined surfaces in the car in reference to the dnmping doors.

It will be noted that each of the floor portions of the car over the trucks is Ashaped, the apex being over the center sill and the floor portion intermediate the truck is o-inverted A-shape, with the apex below the center sill.

The dumping means at the ends of the car over the trucks is at a higher level than the dumping means intermediate the trucks, and the load over the trucks is dumped outwardly and the load intermediate the trucks is dumped inwardly.

It is my intention to cover all modifica tions of the invention falling within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A car having side and end portions, a stationary floor extending over the trucks at each end and composed of fixed portions sloping downwardly and outwardly from the center sill toward the sides of the car, the floor intermediate the trucks being composed of doors extending downwardly and inwardly from the sides of the car toward the center of the car. anddoors connecting the sides of the car with the floor portions over the trucks.

2. A car having side and end portions, a stationary floor extending over the trucks at each end and composed of fixed portions sloping downwardly and outwardly from the center sill toward the sides of the car, the floor intermediate the trucks being composed of doors extending downwardly and inwardly toward the center of the car,-

there being shedding. portions connecting the sides of the carwith said doors, and doors connecting the sides of the car with the floor portions over the trucks.

3. A car having side and end portions and a center sill, Ashaped floor portions over the trucks of the car, having their apices over the center sill, and an inverted A-shaped floor portion intermediate the trucks having its apex below the center sill.

i. A car having side and end portions and a center sill, e l-shaped floor portions over the trucks of the car, the apices being over the center sill, an inverted Ashaped floor portion intermediate the trucks having its apex below the center sill, said intermediate floor portion including shedding portions extending downwardly and inwardly from the sides of the car and doors extending in the same direction from the edge of said shedding portions, and doors connecting the lower edges of the l-i-shaped portions over the trucks with the sides of the car.

5. A car of the class described having sides, ends and a floor, the floor portion over the trucks being permanently i i-shaped and adapted to discharge the load outwardly toward the sides of the car, the floor between the trucks comprising doors extending inwardly from the sides toward the center of the car.

(3. A car of the class described having sides, ends and a floor, the floor portion over the trucks being permanently A-shaped and adapted to discharge the load ontwardly toward the sides of the car, the floor between the trucks being at a lower level than the portion over the trucks and adapted to be operated to discharge the load.

sides, ends and a door, the floor portion over the trucks being permanently t l-shaped and adapted to discharge the load outwardly toward the sides of the car, the floor between the trucks being at a lower level than the portion over the trucks and arranged to discharge the load toward the center-of the car.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 236! day of July, 1918.

HARRY S. HART.

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